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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man);
- Example: "the students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy"
- Example: "Spartans accused Athenians of effeminateness"
- Example: "he was shocked by the softness of the atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising from the superfluity of the femininity that guided him"
[syn: effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, softness, womanishness, unmanliness]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sissiness n 1: the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man); "the students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy"; "Spartans accused Athenians of effeminateness"; "he was shocked by the softness of the atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising from the superfluity of the femininity that guided him" [syn: effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, softness, womanishness, unmanliness]